United States v. Ricky Lee Sands, Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Cherokee, Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, Amici Curiae

How courts have described this case

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• finding Oklahoma had no criminal jurisdiction over Indian in Indian country because it lacked congressional authorization
• “The State of Oklahoma does not have jurisdiction over a criminal offense committed by one Creek Indian against another in Indian country.”
• “The State of Oklahoma does not have jurisdiction over a criminal offense committed by one Creek Indian against another in Indian country.”
• “[The IMCA] provides that federal criminal law applies to various offenses committed by Indians . . . ‘within the Indian Country.’ ”
• “[The IMCA] provides that federal criminal law applies to various offenses committed by Indians . . . ‘within the Indian Country.’ ”
• “[The IMCA] provides that federal criminal law applies to various offenses committed by Indians . . . ‘within the Indian Country.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).